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James Burrows Edwards was an American politician and administrator from South Carolina. He was the first Republican to be elected governor of South Carolina since the post-Civil W…
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The 1920s
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1927
Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)
Martin Lewis Perl was an American chemical engineer and physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton.
Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)
1927
Antal Róka, Hungarian runner (died 1970)
Antal Róka was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre walk. He competed for a Hungary in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 50 kilometre…
Antal Róka, Hungarian runner (died 1970)
1927
Arnold Wolfendale, English astronomer and academic (died 2020)
Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale was a British astronomer who served as the fourteenth Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995. He was Professor of Physics at Durham University from 1965…
Arnold Wolfendale, English astronomer and academic (died 2020)
1927
Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (died 2011)
Robert Paul Kroetsch was a Canadian novelist, poet and nonfiction writer. In his fiction and critical essays, as well as in the journal he co-founded, boundary 2, he was an influe…
Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (died 2011)
1927
Bob Keeshan, American actor and producer (died 2004)
Robert James Keeshan was an American television producer and actor. He created and played the title role in the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which ran from 1955 …
Bob Keeshan, American actor and producer (died 2004)
1927
Correlli Barnett, English historian and author (died 2022)
Correlli Douglas Barnett was an English military historian, who also wrote works of economic history, particularly on the United Kingdom's post-war deindustrialization.
Correlli Barnett, English historian and author (died 2022)
1927
Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
Frank Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and c…
Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
1927
Pierre Perrault, Canadian director and screenwriter (died 1999)
Pierre Perrault was a Canadian documentary film director with the National Film Board of Canada. Over his 40-year career, he directed 32 films and was one of Canada's most importan…
Pierre Perrault, Canadian director and screenwriter (died 1999)
1927
Marie Thérèse Killens, Canadian politician
Marie Thérèse Rollande Killens is a former Canadian politician who served as a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada. She is an administrator by career.
Marie Thérèse Killens, Canadian politician
1927
Shirley Fry Irvin, American tennis player (died 2021)
Shirley June Fry Irvin was an American tennis player. During her career, which lasted from the early 1940s until the mid-1950s, she won the singles title at all four Grand Slam eve…
Shirley Fry Irvin, American tennis player (died 2021)
1927
James Goldman, American screenwriter and playwright (died 1998)
James Goldman was an American playwright and screenwriter. He won an Academy Award for his screenplay The Lion in Winter (1968). His younger brother was novelist and screenwriter W…
James Goldman, American screenwriter and playwright (died 1998)
1927
Mario Lanfranchi, Italian director, screenwriter, producer, collector and actor (died 2022)
Mario Lanfranchi was an Italian film, theatre, and television director, screenwriter, producer, collector, and actor.
Mario Lanfranchi, Italian director, screenwriter, producer, collector and actor (died 2022)
1927
Frank McCabe, American basketball player (died 2021)
Frank Reilly McCabe was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, McCabe played collegiately at Marquette University. …
Frank McCabe, American basketball player (died 2021)
1927
Alan J. Charig, English paleontologist and author (died 1997)
Alan Jack Charig was an English palaeontologist and writer who popularised his subject on television and in books at the start of the wave of interest in dinosaurs in the 1970s.
Alan J. Charig, English paleontologist and author (died 1997)
1927
Winfield Dunn, American politician, 43rd Governor of Tennessee (died 2024)
Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn was an American businessman and politician who served as the 43rd governor of Tennessee from 1971 to 1975. He was the state's first Republican govern…
Winfield Dunn, American politician, 43rd Governor of Tennessee (died 2024)
1927
Joseph Martin Sartoris, American bishop (died 2025)
Joseph Martin Sartoris was an American Catholic prelate who served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California from 1994 to 2002.
Joseph Martin Sartoris, American bishop (died 2025)
1927
Chandra Shekhar, 8th Prime Minister of India (died 2007)
Chandra Shekhar Singh, known popularly as Babu Sahab, was an Indian politician and the prime minister of India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991. He headed a minority gov…
Chandra Shekhar, 8th Prime Minister of India (died 2007)
1927
Lee Allen, American saxophone player (died 1994)
Lee Francis Allen was an American tenor saxophone player. Phil Alvin, Allen's bandmate in The Blasters, called him one of the most important instrumentalists in rock'n'roll. Allen'…
Lee Allen, American saxophone player (died 1994)
1927
James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern is a British lawyer. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Lord Advocate, and Lord Chancellor (1987–1997). He was form…
James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1927
Brock Peters, American actor (died 2005)
Brock Peters was an American actor, best known for playing the villainous "Crown" in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess, and Tom Robinson in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbir…
Brock Peters, American actor (died 2005)
1927
Ken Russell, English actor, director, and producer (died 2011)
Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell was a British film director known for his pioneering work in television and film, and for his flamboyant and controversial style. His films were mainly…
Ken Russell, English actor, director, and producer (died 2011)
1927
Tim O'Connor, American actor (died 2018)
Timothy Joseph O'Connor was an American character actor known for his work in television. O'Connor specialized in playing officials, military men, and police officers.
Tim O'Connor, American actor (died 2018)
1927
Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress and photographer (died 2023)
Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida was an Italian actress, model, photojournalist, and sculptor. She was one of the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and 1960s, a period in w…
Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress and photographer (died 2023)